The Time Frequency | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | Dance, techno, rave, hardcore techno |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Associated acts | George Bowie Cheryl Barnes |
| Website | www |
| Members | Jon Campbell Paul Inglis Lorena Dale Gavin McCloy |
| Past members | Mary Kiani Jo Wilson Colin McNeil Kyle Ramsay Debbie Millar |
The Time Frequency (TTF) are an electronic dance group from Scotland.
The band was founded by Jon Campbell in 1990. They are one of Scotland's first techno groups. Members that TTF have included are fellow keyboard players Paul Inglis, Kyle Ramsay and later Colin McNeil. Mary Kiani was the lead singer of TTF, then Debbie Millar and now currently Lorena Dale.
During the 1990s, they had chart success with a number of hit singles, amongst which the biggest were "The Ultimate High", "New Emotion" and "Real Love" (the last named of which, after a remix, reached number 8 in the UK Singles Chart).
History
Jon Campbell was a member of the synthpop band, Thru the Fire from 1988 to 1990, when he left the band to form The Time Frequency. Their first release was the White Label EP, "Futurama". In 1992 the band released "Real Love" through the record label Jive Records. They released more singles and EPs until 1994, when they released their first album, Dominator, which included many of the singles that had been released prior to 1994.
Jive Records would not pay session singer Mary Kiani enough money to be a full-time member of the act and this resulted in Mary no longer being hired by The Time Frequency. In 1994 she was replaced with Debbie Millar, a singer from Bournemouth. Millar sang "Dreamscape '94", TTF's two singles with Tom Wilson released in 1998 and 1999 respectively and most songs on the second album Dominator 2.
A greatest hits album was released on 7 May 2007, titled TTF – The Ultimate Collection. It included many of TTF's most popular songs along with some covers.
In 2008, TTF released their third album, follow-up to Dominator, titled Dominator 2. No singles were released from Dominator 2. Around 2008 Millar left the band to move into A&R. In 2016 she died of cancer.[1] In 2012 Layla Amini, a singer from London joined the band[2] and TTF made a return to playing concerts.
The Time Frequency released the single "I Can Feel It" on 31 August 2015 with the video posted to group's YouTube channel on 30 September 2015. It made its debut on Radio Clyde in June 2015.
The Time Frequency released the album Futurelands in 2017. Songs include "Keep Holding On", a collaboration with Cheryl Barnes, an ex-drama teacher at St Paul's High School, Glasgow, and "Come Alive", vocals by Lorena Dale, the current singer with TTF.
Jon Campbell called the group's 2018 single "Home" "my best song ever". It debuted on George Bowie's GBX, Radio Clyde on 21 April 2018.
In November 2018, Jon Campbell and the Time Frequency released the single "In Heaven", with posthumous vocals by Millar.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [3] | UK [4] | |||||||||||||
| Dominator |
| 7 | 23 | |||||||||||
| The Ultimate Collection |
| 71 | — | |||||||||||
| Dominator 2 |
| — | — | |||||||||||
| Futurelands |
| 68 | — | |||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Singles and EPs
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCO [5] | UK [4] | UK Dance [6] | UK Indie [7] | |||||||||||
| 1990 | "Futurama EP" | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||||
| 1992 | "Real Love" | — | 60 | — | — | Dominator | ||||||||
| "New Emotion EP" | — | 36 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1993 | "The Power Zone EP" | — | 17 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Real Love '93" | — | 8 | — | — | ||||||||||
| 1994 | "Such a Phantasy EP" | 2 | 17 | — | — | |||||||||
| "Dreamscape '94" | 4 | 32 | 36 | — | The Ultimate Collection | |||||||||
| 1998 | "U Got the Passion" (Tom Wilson vs The Time Frequency) | 37 | 92 | — | 22 | |||||||||
| 1999 | "Give Me Your Lovin (Sweet Sensation)" (TTF vs Tom Wilson) | 41 | 133 | — | 42 | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| 2000 | "New Emotion 2000" | 40 | 117 | — | 24 | |||||||||
| 2002 | "Real Love 2002" | 12 | 43 | 10 | 4 | Futurelands | ||||||||
| 2015 | "I Can Feel It" | 46 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2016 | "Come Alive/United" | 78 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2017 | "Keep Holding On" | 50 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| 2018 | "Home" | 92 | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||||||||
| "In Heaven" | 80 | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Remixes
- 1992 Marc Smith – "Breakdown"
- 1992 Da Mian – "Supernature"
- 1993 Q-Tex – "The Power of Love"
- 1993 Soul City Orchestra – "It's Jurassic"
- 1993 Marcha Fresca – "Love Is... An Ocean Wide"
- 1994 N-Trance – "Set You Free"
- 1994 Saidflorence – "Buy Me"
- 2005 Rob Technic featuring Jane Prentice – "Northern Star"
References
- ^ "Memorial donations". Justgiving.
- ^ "Layla Amini". Starnow.co.uk.
- ^ Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
- "Dominator". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "The Ultimate Collection". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Futurelands". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ a b UK chart positions:
- "The Time Frequency UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- *Chart Log UK "Chart Log UK 1994–2010: T> The Time Frequency". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ Scottish singles chart peaks:
- "Such a Phantasy EP". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Dreamscape '94". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "U Got the Passion". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Give Me Your Lovin (Sweet Sensation)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "New Emotion 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Real Love 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "I Can Feel It". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Come Alive/United". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Keep Holding On". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Home". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "In Heaven". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ UK dance singles chart peaks:
- "Dreamscape '94". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Real Love 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ UK independent singles chart peaks:
- "U Got the Passion". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Give Me Your Lovin (Sweet Sensation)". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "New Emotion 2000". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- "Real Love 2002". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 October 2020.